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Hard work begets blissful joy.
There is little in life that is worth having that doesn't make you work for it, particularly in the realm of Mother Nature. Whether it is summiting a mountain, growing the perfect apple, conquering a rapid or safely raising a gaggle of hens, if it is done right, it won't be easy. Here's to many failures, a couple almosts and some cherished successes.

I moved from the 'burbs of Atlanta to the North Georgia mountains because when I was a kid I thought the Appalachians were Heaven on Earth. They still are and my life is centered around what they have to give. Both their beautiful views and what I can extract out of them. Besides my own efforts at home to move back to a more connected way of acquiring certain foods and goods, I also make a living off of tourism in the area. I work as a Manager of an outdoor retailer along the Appalachian Trail call Mountain Crossings and as a Raft Guide on the Ocoee River in Tennessee. I love to use these job as a way to connect people to the outdoors and hopefully inspire them to keep coming back and loving these places, fighting for their preservation and protection. I love to travel, by car, foot and raft. I have thru hiked the Appalachian Trail, run the Grand Canyon on a 25 day trip and an always ready to sleep in the back of a car for a few weeks. This blog features thoughts, feelings, misadventures and projects that have to do with a millennial who turned their back on the city and moved to the mountains.